Girls Coalition - Positive Girls Doing Positive Things

Mission

Girls Coalition of Rochester empowers young women and promotes leadership within through the provision of girl-centered programming and professional development.

Values

Strengthen Sisterhood

Share Knowledge and Strategies

Heal Young Ladies

Embrace and Support Each Other

Empower and Advocate for Self

Bring Out and Be Aware of Strengths and that They Matter

Cultivate Leadership

Instill Positivity

Achieve Our Own Potential

How It Works

The Coalition is comprised of girls groups that meet regularly with female recreation center staff advisors. In addition to weekly meetings at their centers, members of each girls group come together once a month for “Girls Night Out” girl-focused programming that reflects their needs and interests. Girls Coalition also sponsors several special events and field trips throughout the year in addition to monthly programming.

The program also provides opportunities for networking and support among female youth workers who work with girls. Girls Coalition advisors meet with other program staff once a month for reflection, planning, and professional development. These meetings help to support advisors as they facilitate successful girls-only programs.

The coalition is a partnership between the City of Rochester Bureau of Recreation and Nazareth College’s Community Youth Development program, which allows girls who participate to become familiar with and comfortable on a college campus and network with college students of color.